St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-17

and it is going to remain here until it is set
tied, and II doesn't matter how many men
and women are hanged while we are accom-
plishing the end. We are not here so much
to protest for those men, for the sacrifice of
seven more lives is not SO much, but we must
prevent the rulings of the courts of Illinois
from becoming law. If they become law
they will be used in every case where Ia
boring man Is on trial.
The speaker who attracted the most
attention was George A. Schilling. of
Chicago, a member of ID. A. "a, of that
city, and well-known friend of the
anarchists and socialists. Mr.. Schilling
speaks slowly and in a moderate tone of
voice, standing with his hands crossed
before him.
GEORGE A. sCHILLING.
My friend just now remarked that am to
be the next man hung. l am not DESTROYS of
becoming martyr, but if it becomes ques
ton between ceasing my endeavors on be-
half OF labor and of suffering death for it,
shall certainly choose the latter. The public
press, in relation to this case, is not treating
the subject fairly.
They could not have been fairly tried by
jury on which every man was prejudiced
against them. We protest against turning
the Cook county Jail into a slaughter-house,
when large majority of the people of these
United States believe that those men are not
guilty OF any crime.
The decision of the courts was entirely in
luCltCCQ ny pupllC CldllOT, Drought ABOUT Dy
the capitalistic press, so that our capitalist
friends could sleep peacably ON the avenue,
undisturbed by the labor movement.
If any of you have read the decision of the
supreme court OF Illinois you will see that
they stretched their Imagination in every
point where the evidence was weak in order
to arrive at decision sustaining the verdict
OF the lower court Meetings similar TO this
are being held in many cities, and every
where that decision is condemned by the rep
reSentatves of labor. We did have a meet
ing in the city of Minneapolis that did not
see tit to place itself on record in any certain
policy, which was the, only ques
ton there, should have pre-
vented the general labor assembly from ex-
pressing publicly what was in every mans
heart. They were afraid ii would affect the
responsibility of the order. 1 not only re-
greet it, but l am heartily ashamed that ques-
tons OF expediency and responsibility should
prevent men from doing as they felt in the
matter. haven't great deal of faith that
any of these protest meeting will do any
great good. ask you, from now on, to do all
III your power to see that that sentence is not
executed. You can do 1t by just such protests
as these. Let them be held in every city, and
let representative from each city meet in
Springfield on given day, and lay those
protests before the governor. The expense
OF carrying the appeal to the United States
court will be greater than any of you realize.
We have employed four eminent attorneys
Mr.. Tucker, OF Virginia, Gen. Pryor. of New
York, and Capt. Black and Mr.. Soloman, of
Chicago. and am told that the expenses of
printing, alone, will be at least $50, 900.
Every man, woman and child. who is a friend
OF the labor movement should make sacri-
hce and contribute mite to the fund.
THE CLOSING SPEECHES.
1t was after 1890 o'clock when Mr..
Schilling finished his address. Joseph
Labadie, of Detroit, Mich, also a dele
gate to the general assembly, was intro
duced to the audience and bowed his
acknowledgements, but did not make
any address on account of the lack of
time. Paul Meyer. of d. A. 40, New
York city, spoke in the German Ian
guage for fifteen minutes, and Chris
Gaefke, member of the German Car
penterS' union, st. Paul, also addressed
the meeting in his native tongue.
After the adjournment of the meeting
a considerable sum, to be devoted to the
defense fund of the anarchists, was
raised at the door by voluntary contri-
buttons and by the sale of two books
containing history of the trial and the
speeches of the anarchists before Judge
Gary when the sentence was passed
upon them.